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Energy · Camagüey

CTE Diez de Octubre (Nuevitas)

Thermoelectric power plant (oil-fired)

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only
Scale
~280-375 MW (~125 MW units; sources vary)
Status
Operating but unreliable — a boiler caught fire Dec 2025; multiple unit trips through 2025-2026. Major contributor to the central-Cuba deficit. Opportunity: boiler replacement/modernization.
Sector
Energy
Province
Camagüey
Coordinates
21.565, -77.272
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Notes
At Punta de Domingo, Nuevitas Bay. Operated by Unión Eléctrica (UNE) under MINEM.
Controlling entity
Unión Eléctrica (UNE)

National electric utility under the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Owns the thermoelectric fleet, the China-backed solar program and wind farms. State-owned and embargo-restricted, though not itself on the CRL/SDN.

Sources: Global Energy Monitor · Unión Eléctrica · CiberCuba · OpenStreetMap